February 2012
11 posts
Rock Is the New Jazz. Sorry, Rock. →
Accurate, scary and depressing.
The Surprising Story Of A Super Bowl Snack →
npr:
This Super Bowl Sunday, millions of Americans will watch the game with bowls of corn-based snacks at their side. Whether you prefer Doritos, Cheetos, or even Funyons, you owe the pleasure of that crunchy munchy to the humble corn curl that started it all: the Frito.
This week, our friends at Smithsonian’s Food & Think blog trace the origins of the Frito back to entrepreneur C.E....
January 2012
11 posts
December 2011
10 posts
If you really believe that 2012 is the end of the world, why prepare for it? And if you’re preparing for it, then you really don’t believe it’s the end. The only logical conclusion is, then, that you enjoy the high of irrational paranoia.
November 2011
14 posts
Giving it Away: How Free Music Makes More Than... →
It’s the best time to be a musician… As long as you don’t have an ego that needs inflating… Excellent read!
derekwebb:
Music matters. It’s so integral and pervasive in our culture that it almost feels invisible. It’s even hard to imagine walking into almost any store without hearing music overhead. Culture provides a constant soundtrack to our lives. So it’s no wonder...
“If instead of receiving God’s gifts for today we worry about tomorrow, we...”
– Bonhoeffer, The Simplicity of the Carefree Life
October 2011
7 posts
“The way we differ from Radiohead— who are unquestionably brilliant— is that, at...”
– Chris Martin (via pitchfork)
I totally get that. This is why I’m into Coldplay.
“Are you worried because you find it so hard to believe?
No one should be...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Call to Discipleship